Phone Comparison - HTC Rezound vs Amazon Kindle Fire

HTC Rezound
htc rezound
Amazon Kindle Fire
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced November 2011 September 2011
Status Available - November 2011 Available - November 2011
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 129 x 65.5 x 13.7 mm
(5.08 x 2.58 x 0.54 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight 170.1 g (6.0.04 oz) 413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO N/A
4G Network LTE 700 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8660 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (342 ppi) [Similar] 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 60.16%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes no

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash N/A
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch-focus, Image Stabilization, Face Detection, Instant Capture N/A
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, 720p@60fps, stereo sound recording N/A
Front Camera Yes, 2 MP [Similar] N/A [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE Class 13 No
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP No
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included No

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1620 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by Up to 261 h -
Talk Time Up to 6 h 24 min -